8. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H.

BRIAN SNYDER, REUTERS

This area is No. 8 on the list of most educated cities in the U.S. Above: Thomas Michel, a professor at Harvard Medical School, waits for the start of the 360th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge.

This area is No. 8 on the list of most educated cities in the U.S. Above: Thomas Michel, a professor at Harvard Medical School, waits for the start of the 360th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge. (BRIAN SNYDER, REUTERS)

This area is No. 8 on the list of most educated cities in the U.S. Above: Thomas Michel, a professor at Harvard Medical School, waits for the start of the 360th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge.